The British Heart Foundation (BHF) release ‘Resuscitation to Recovery' Report

8 March 2017

A group of
clinical experts, led by Professor Huon Gray, National Clinical Director for
Heart Disease, NHS England, released a national framework to improve the care
of people following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

‘Resuscitation
to Recovery,’ The newly published report
provides a single consensus on the most effective care pathway when responding
to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

NICOR welcomes
the publication of this National Framework, which is endorsed by over 20
medical and professional societies.

The report
highlights the extent of OCHA in the community, where the survival rate is
fewer than 1 in 10 in the UK.

Recommendations
from the report address the need for greater collaboration between all that
provide care, be it clinical networks, emergency services, A&E staff, first
responders, and the general public.

“Thousands of
deaths from cardiac arrests could be prevented every year, but we need to work
with the public, the emergency services and hospitals in order to achieve this.

“This new
guidance recommends a pathway of care for a patient, from the moment they’re
found collapsed, to their recovery in hospital and subsequent rehabilitation.

“Currently,
there is significant variation in treatment around the country so it is vital
that we provide all people with the best possible chances of survival, wherever
they live. This report offers the recently established Urgent & Emergency
Networks a blueprint for how this could be achieved.”